Recipes · Cypriot · Meat Dishes
Tsamarella (Cypriot Cured Meat)
One serving has 149 kcal and 16 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (33%), zinc (31%) and selenium (29%). Ready in 25 minutes.
- Preparation: 15 min
- Cooking: 10 min
- Makes: 1 serving (63.3 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Low carb
- Contains: beef
Ingredients
- 50 g Beef, dried
- 8 g Olive oil
- 0.3 g Oregano, dried
- 5 g Lemon juice
Method
- Tsamarella is traditionally whole goat leg, heavily salted and sun-dried for days, then briefly simmered with oregano; the catalog's cured dried beef is the nearest ready-made stand-in.
- Simmer the dried meat in a little water with the oregano for 8-10 minutes to soften it slightly and take up the herb's aroma, then drain and pat dry.
- Once cool, slice it very thinly against the grain.
- Arrange on a plate, drizzle with the olive oil and lemon juice.
- Serve as a meze alongside olives, bread and wine.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 149 kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 1.9 g | |
| Water | 31.6 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.14 g | 0% |
| Protein | 15.6 g | 32% |
| Tryptophan | 0.1 g | |
| Threonine | 0.57 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.66 g | |
| Leucine | 1.1 g | |
| Lysine | 1.2 g | |
| Methionine | 0.37 g | |
| Cystine | 0.19 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.57 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.46 g | |
| Valine | 0.71 g | |
| Histidine | 0.46 g | |
| Fat | 9 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 6.3 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.88 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.81 g | |
| Saturated | 1.6 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 39.5 mg | |
| Calcium | 9.2 mg | 1% |
| Copper | 0.04 mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1.4 mg | 8% |
| Magnesium | 10.6 mg | 3% |
| Manganese | 0.02 mg | 1% |
| Phosphorus | 91.3 mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 127 mg | 3% |
| Selenium | 16.2 µg | 29% |
| Sodium | 1,395 mg | |
| Zinc | 2.5 mg | 31% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.03 mg | 3% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.08 mg | 7% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 2.6 mg | 19% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.29 mg | 6% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.2 mg | 15% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 6.7 µg | 2% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.8 µg | 33% |
| Choline | 0.38 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 0.26 µg | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1.9 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.5 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 1.4 mg | 9% |
| Vitamin K | 7.3 µg | 8% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.7 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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